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Two Parks, Castle Vale and Coronation Park, set either side of Berwick Station which include footpaths, shelters, rose gardens and a lily pond.

A ruined chapel that was once a popular place for pilgrimages.

A trail of 12 bird related art exhibits dotted around the town of Amble. Find their exact whereabouts with our handy map and exact locations.

Modernist footbridge completed without using scaffolding in 1963

A defensive gun battery established near the mouth of the Tyne during the Anglo Dutch Wars in the 17th Century and used during various later conflicts.

Said to be the location where St Cuthbert agreed to become Bishop of Lindisfarne when petitioned by the king.

A ruined fortress in the town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, first built by a Norman baron in c. 1100 on a cliff above the River Nidd.

Situated in Holburn, St Cuthbert either lived in this cave as a hermit or his body was laid to rest here by monks escpaing from the vikings!

Small National Trust site with medieval hall dating back to the 13th century.

Statues of three heads representing different eras of human and industrial production.

A tunnel running from the Town Moor to the Ouseburn that was used to transport coal and then became an air raid shelter.

A purpose built library, which opened in 1926 with funding from the Carnegie Trust.

A lighthouse situated 100m inland in Bath Terrace, Blyth.

A 19th Century Public Park designed by Edward Kemp.

Designed and built as a museum in the style of a French Chateau and housing 22 galleries. Famous for the amazing kinetic art of the Silver Swan.

14th century gatehouse tower built by Sir William Hylton.

A Grecian style summerhouse on the banks of the River Wear named after a Polish entertainer.

A unique gun that would disappear into its turret to reload, devised during the Crimean War.

A ruined Vicar's Pele sitting on the main high street in Ponteland.

The first five sailed smock style windmill in Britain and the only remaining one in the North East.

Beautiful ruins of small monastery founded by White Canons set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.

A riverside walk along the River Blyth, accessed on either side by stepping stones.

Ushaw College is a former Catholic seminary, partially designed by Augustus Pugin.

A Coxswain Statue by Ray Lonsdale is a tribute to the RNLI and the 9 lives lost on the Lifeboat 'The George Elmy'.

An amazing example of a Victorian designed viaduct spanning 260m over the South River Tyne.

The ancestral home of the Earls Grey since 1319. (As in the tea!)

A sail-less 19th century windmill in Lynemouth.

A pleasant green with many fine views of magnificent landmarks of North and South Shields.

A statue of the comedy icon and one half of the legendary duo Laurel and Hardy, Stan Laurel to celebrate his time living in North Tyneside.

The deer house is a rare and well preserved example of Gothic Revival architecture built in 1760.

An 18 metre waterfall in the beautiful Ingram Valley.

A short but sweet 0.8km sculpture trail in Thornley Woods.

Dramatic landscape and panoramic views of the coast. Stone art with science, history and mythology.

A delightful 12th-century church tucked away beside the magnificent Seaton Delaval Hall.

All that would have been dock life around the 18th century and complete with one of The Admiralties Frigates, The HMS Trincomalee.

Ruins of a 12th century priory on the Bolton Abbey estate.

25 acres of plants from five continents. Also eye-catching art installations such as boots, bugs, and fungi.

24 hectare park with lake, woodland and waymarked paths in the heart of Gateshead.

This peninsula has several pleasing aspects such as a lighthouse, a cannon and the goddess Nike atop the war memorial.

A sculpture of three miners waiting to go down the pit. It’s a reminder of the three mines that Seaham once had.

A large rock sitting in Collywell Bay at Seaton Sluice that a local once grew things on.

The trig point sitting on top of Windy Gyle (619m).

A public Park in Blyth opened in 1904.

When originally built, the Union Chain Bridge near Berwick Upon Tweed was the longest wrought iron suspension bridge in the world.

Lanercost Priory, founded in 1169, is a well-preserved medieval Augustinian priory in Brampton, Cumbria.

A small stone building used to store the explosives during the construction of the seahouses pier and harbour.

A modern take on a 16th Century Physic Garden dedicated to the life of Morpeth native William Turner, also known as the "Father of British Botany"

An airfield mainly for pleasure flights where you can sit with a cup of tea in the observation deck and watch the planes take off and land.

An 18m tall Obelisk sitting 900m south of Seaton Delaval Hall.

The trig point sitting on top of Ros Castle (316m).

A skeleton of a castle built by the Lowther family who have owned this estate since before the 11th century.

The grave of famed Lakeland Poet, William Wordsworth.

Anglo-Saxon Monastery where St Bede spent his life from the age of seven.

Saltburn is home to the oldest water-balanced funicular in the UK and the second oldest in the whole wide world! A cliff lift with the most sensational view of the sea and sand below.

The peninsula part of Holy Island, made up of dunes, salt marshes, Snook House and Snook Tower

Childhood home of Richard III, built in the 12th century

A 16th-century tower house in the town of Jedburgh, where it is believed that Mary stayed for a few weeks in 1566. The house is now a museum dedicated to Mary's life and times.

Life size sculpture referring to the legend of Durham's founding on the banks of the River Wear

Stunning crags and landscape with standing stones and a Devil's Punchbowl.

A monument built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee and also celebrate William Wouldhave and Henry Greathead, two of the people credited with the design of the first self-righting lifeboat.

A feast for photographers, natural history enthusiasts, structure admirers, sculpture lovers and children

221 hectares of woodland, grassland and paths leading to the beautiful Durham coast.

A fortified house built by Adam of Jesmond.

A small five stone circle set in a beautiful location in Duddo Northumberland.

54m high viaduct, built with the help of Robert Stephenson.

Founded about AD 670–675, it is one of the oldest Anglo-Saxon churches in England.

WW2 pillbox disguised as a ruined house.

A tower based on a siege engine amongst eclectic buildings

Tiled street art depicting space invaders placed around Newcastle City Centre

A very well hidden stone viaduct spanning the River Blyth at Plessey Woods for the East Coast Main Line.

A small well linked to the nearby St. Mary's Chapel.

A ruined Castle dating from the 11th Century and is Grade I listed.

Turret 7B on Hadrian's Wall, found along with a 63m long section of the wall in a small area of public space in a housing estate by the A186

A series of linked public parks in Wallsend comprising Richardson Dees Park, the Hall Grounds and Arboretum.

Grade I listed mansion house predominantly 18th century.

A Country Park and lake on the outskirts of Newcastle Upon Tyne

A spectacular woodland planted on crags to the north and south.

An 18th century shooting box built for Captain Wilson on the slopes of Roseberry Topping.

Five bronze life-size swans in various stages of flight that look naturally interwoven with each other.

Art installation near Middlesbrough football ground.

The meeting place of the north and south River Tyne sources.

A sculpture of four metal cows constructed from old JCB parts, grazing on the C2C route near Beamish.

A ruined abbey sitting in a secluded woodland on the banks of the River Tweed.

A white pyramid daymark on the north east Emmanuel Head of Holy Island.

34 pieces of enlarged micro marine life made from weathered Corten steel by Andrew McKeown at East Shore Village, Seaham.

At 180m it is the longest waterfall in the UK and is fed from Cow Green Reservoir.

A sculpture of three drill heads in Weetslade Country Park.

A ruined fort tower on the opposite side of the harbour to Lindisfarne Castle on Holy Island.

The trig point sitting on top of Tosson Hill (440m) #147.

A museum containing collections from cultures and histories of northern Africa to Asia including more than 30,000 objects of art, textiles, ceramics, and manuscripts.

Small photographic gallery on Newcastle's Quayside.

A natural cave modified into a place for swimmers to get changed in the 18th century.

An atmospheric little pool surrounded by a grove of trees.

A drinking water reservoir with beautiful surrounding scenery.

The trig point sitting on top of Hedgehope Hill (714m).

The first pier on the North East Coast and last pier in Yorkshire.

A 21 arch viaduct carrying the West Highland Line (and Hogwarts Express) over Loch Shiel.

Twenty beautifully decorated Morph figures to find in North Tyneside.

Two obelisk navigation beacons that when lined up would direct you into Holy Island harbour.

The birthplace of Thomas Bewick, the famous wood engraver and ornithologist.